[It's as close to a yes as he'll get and Jae knows it. So it'll do.]

[The touch is nice and Jae sighs, closing his eyes in relaxation. If he was a cat he'd be purring right now, which is a funny image considering he used to be a glorified fish in a sense.]

[If Jae really thought Tarr was against it, he probably wouldn't. But he's also convinced that Tarr isn't actually as against it as he might claim to be on occasion. Which is why the snuggling and harassment continues.]

Kids look like a lot of work. [Jae states matter of factly.] At least they are on tv, but apparently you can't trust what they show there so I don't know how true that is.

[He's going to doubt everything he's learned about human life now, because most of it was learned via television. Thanks Tarr.]

Maybe it's because you're so scary! They take one look at you and then they don't misbehave. You have this look it's just... [Jae shudders to explain, since he's not entirely sure what word to use.] Like that!

[Only, that look apparently is something he's become immune to at some point. If it had ever worked on Jae at all.]